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March 20, 2012 By 12 Comments

Report from the Village Gate Toy Show by the Under Scoop Fire crew

UnderScoopFire is a website dedicated to children of the 80’s and it also offers up one of my favorite weekly podcasts. Last week, the USF crew was talking about the upcoming Village Gate Toy Show in Rochester, New York and I asked Howie Decker if he’d mind sending along some photos of the show. Well, much to my surprise, he nearly choked my email provider with a ton of great pictures. Check it out…

rochester toy show under scoop fire crew

“Hashtag” the UnderScoopFire crew: Googs, Howie & son Charlie, Corey, Chad E Young, Joe, and Tank.
(Remember Tank? We did a collector profile on him a while back.)

rochester toy show floor

The Village Gate Toy Show looks like an amazing event with plenty of vintage toys for all kinds of collectors…

rochester toy show transformers

A sea of Transformers, old and new.

rochester toy show battle beasts

Battle beasts!

rochester toy show star wars vehicles

Vintage Star Wars box art is so iconic. It’s always great to see a shelf of these boxes.

rochester toy show mask toys and vehicles

I probably would have dropped a bundle at this M.A.S.K. table.

rochester toy show motu castles

Castle Grayskull and Snake Mountain always bring back a flood of memories.

rochester toy show motu sectaurs

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sectaurs in a glass case before.

rochester toy show gi joe action figures

G.I. Joe was well-represented.

rochester toy show super powers action figures

The box art on those Super powers toys gets better with age.

rochester toy show garbage pail kids gpk trading cards

Garbage Pail Kids and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — two of my favorite things.

rochester toy show corey and cosplayers

This toy show even had cosplayers. Corey made some new friends.

rochester toy show dreadnok

Real-life Dreadnok sighting! (That was JD’s joke from the General Geekery podcast, so please send all hate mail to him directly).

rochester toy show tanks haul

Tank added these toys to his collection.

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A HUGE thanks to Googs, Howie, Corey, Joe, and Tank, of the UnderScoopFire team, for allowing me to share their photos here. Now, head over to underscoopfire.com and listen to the podcast about their visit to the toy show. Are you scoopin’ it!?!

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  1. Howard Decker says

    March 20, 2012 at 9:58 am

    It was a great time! Thanks a ton for posting the pics and adding commentary. It looks great!

    Reply
    • Brian says

      March 20, 2012 at 10:05 am

      Howie, thanks again for letting us enjoy the show vicariously through your photos and podcast. There are so many items in those pictures that would have found their way into the trunk of my car, it’s probably best for my wallet that Rochester is 400 miles away. 😉

      Reply
  2. Ashley says

    March 20, 2012 at 11:48 am

    Man I love a good toy show, I have recently started vending at shows myself. It is such a rush wheeling and dealing at these events. These pictures are awesome! I love the bigger shows like that!

    Reply
    • Brian says

      March 20, 2012 at 12:19 pm

      I’d love to hear some of those stories! I know I’ll end up selling at a show some day but for now, I’m happy to be on the other side of the table.

      Reply
  3. Stacey says

    March 20, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Man, I wanna go to a toy show! I don’t think we have one close until next month. Great pics, guys!

    Reply
    • Brian says

      March 20, 2012 at 12:20 pm

      I always love seeing what you find Stacey. Happy hunting!

      Reply
    • Ashley says

      March 20, 2012 at 1:07 pm

      Hey Stacy! I’m Brad’s Friend Ashley, Yes I think Brad that you guys will be going to the one I will be vending at!

      Reply
  4. Lamar the Revenger says

    March 20, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    LOVE IT!! I’ve seen Sectaurs under glass.. There’s 3 left (each 30 bucks) at this collectible shop near my work..

    Reply
    • Brian says

      March 20, 2012 at 12:38 pm

      That’s crazy. I have a bunch of Sectaurs and if anyone wants them for $30 a pop, drop me an email.

      Reply
  5. Mike says

    March 23, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    That Superman 2 Game is a sweet piece.

    Reply
  6. John says

    March 26, 2012 at 1:29 am

    Love that Star Wars shelf. Reminds me of the ones I have in my toy room.

    Reply

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  1. UnderScoopFire Podcast #27 – Village Gate Toy Show | UnderScoopFire! says:
    January 9, 2013 at 10:05 am

    […] out MANY more pics from the show at CoolandCollected.com, and thank you to Brian for organizing and posting those […]

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